Classification of Chinese glabellar wrinkles and methods of botulinum toxin type A injection
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-0290.2016.03.001
- VernacularTitle:眉间纹分类及A型肉毒毒素注射的治疗效果
- Author:
Ye ZHAO
;
Linggang LIANG
;
Sufan WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Glabellar wrinkle;
Frontal wrinkle;
Corrugator supercilii;
Procerus;
Depressor supercilii;
Frontalis;
Botulinum toxin type A
- From:
Chinese Journal of Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology
2016;22(3):129-132
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To guide the botulinum toxin injections,the types of glabellar wrinkles and the corresponding muscle contraction patterns of aesthetic seeking patients were classified.Methods Sixty aesthetic seeking patients between 20 to 65 ages were selected randomly,whose glabellar wrinkles and muscle contraction patterns were classified and analyzed.Targeted injections of botulinum toxin were taken only within the muscles related to the wrinkles.Results Type‖accounts for 58.3％ (35/60),type ∪ accounts for 26.7％ (16/60),type ∩ accounts for 11.7％ (7/60),and type口accounts for 3.3％ (2/60).Muscle contraction receded 2 or 3 days after injection,reached optimum about 2 weeks,and then maintained 3 to 6 months.Higher satisfaction was obtained using classified injection methods.All objects achieved excellent results.Targeted injections of botulinum toxin on these muscles were able to achieve better clinical effects.Conclusions Using classified injection methods according to 4 types of aesthetic seeking patients’ glabellar wrinkles can achieve higher satisfaction.
